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Coverage dated August 3, 2022 to August 4, 2022

Judge finds West Virginia Medicaid exclusion of transgender surgery unconstitutional

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Following a federal judge’s decision, low-income transgender citizens in West Virginia will soon be able to receive gender-conforming surgical care.

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  1. CBS News

    Judge rules West Virginia Medicaid must cover transgender care (opens CBS News)

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    U.S. District Judge Chuck Chambers in Huntington made the ruling Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal.

  2. Triblive

    Judge: West Virginia Medicaid must cover transgender care (opens Triblive)

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    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s Medicaid program must provide coverage for gender-confirming care for transgender residents, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Chuck Chambers in Huntington made the ruling Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ interest group Lambda Legal over treatments for…

  3. Washington Examiner

    West Virginia judge finds transgender surgeries must be covered by Medicaid (opens Washington Examiner)

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    West Virginia's Medicaid program is required to cover gender transition surgeries for transgender residents, a federal judge in Huntington ruled this week.

  4. Charleston Gazette-Mail

    Judge: WV Medicaid must cover transgender care (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail)

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    Charleston Gazette-Mail's feed description

    A federal judge has ruled that West Virginia’s Medicaid program must provide coverage for gender-confirming care for transgender residents. The judge made the ruling Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by

  5. Courthouse News Service

    Judge finds West Virginia Medicaid exclusion of transgender surgery unconstitutional (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Following a federal judge’s decision, low-income transgender citizens in West Virginia will soon be able to receive gender-conforming surgical care.

  6. Advocate

    West Virginia Medicaid Must Cover Trans Surgery, Judge Rules (opens Advocate)

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    Denial of the coverage “invidiously discriminates on the basis of sex and transgender status,” a federal judge wrote.

  7. Truthout

    Judge Rules West Virginia's Medicaid Program Must Provide Gender-Affirming Care to Transgender Recipients (opens Truthout)

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    The state's exclusion "targets transgender people because they are transgender," Judge Chuck Chambers ruled.

  8. Townhall

    West Virginia Medicaid Must Cover Transgender Care, Federal Judge Rules (opens Townhall)

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    West Virginia’s Medicaid program can no longer exclude coverage for “gender-affirming” surgeries, a federal judge ruled this week.U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed

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